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What is globalization?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

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1.

Read the paragraph from the section "Popular Culture."


Clothing styles have also become more uniform as a result of globalization. National and regional costumes have become rarer as globalization has increased.


Which of the following words, if it replaced the word "uniform" in the paragraph above, would CHANGE its meaning?

a)

diverse

b)

similar

c)

alike

d)

consistent

2.

Read the paragraph from the section "Economy."


Economic markets have become global. This means that people and organizations put their money in companies and banks all over the globe. Because of this, if a big bank or corporation does poorly, it will have consequences globally. This is what happened with the financial crisis that began in the United States in 2006 and quickly spread around the world.


Why does the author mention the financial crisis?

a)

to describe the economy created by globalization

b)

to explain a negative consequence of globalization

c)

to highlight the difference between the economies of rich and poor countries

d)

to present the reasons for the United States' economic failure

3.

Read the section "Politics."


What does this section explain that other sections do not?

a)

why some companies move jobs to poor countries

b)

how countries are working together to solve problems

c)

why people around the world eat at McDonald's

d)

how globalization can help people in poor countries

4.

Read the selection from the section "Popular Culture."


People in England eat Indian curry, while people in Peru enjoy Japanese sushi. Meanwhile, American fast-food chains have become common throughout the world.


How does this selection contribute to the overall article?

a)

It explains how globalization affects people's everyday lives.

b)

It highlights how quickly McDonald's spread to other countries.

c)

It describes the most popular foods in other countries.

d)

It emphasizes the difference in how people eat now and how they used to eat.

5.

What does globalization mean?

a)

watching the globe spin

b)

traveling from one city in Indiana to another city in Indiana

c)

people working together to make a globe puzzle

d)

connecting different parts of the world

6.

The Silk road was a trade route between:

a)

Italy and Germany

b)

Pakistan and Istanbul

c)

China and the Mediterranean Sea

d)

Ireland and England

7.

Globalization spread at a faster pace in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Modern communication has played a large role in cultural globalization.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Everyone in the world LOVES globalization!

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The battle in Seattle, refers to:

a)

people in Seattle, Washington got upset the fish market was closed and started a battle

b)

a huge singing contest, that got renamed due to the number of contestants

c)

a time when all the kids in Seattle, Washington where upset

d)

a world trade organization meeting held in Seattle, Washington, where protestors became violent